Hits 6

The Hits Album 6 is a compilation that was released in July 1987 by CBS, WEA and BMG in the UK. It was a successful album and reached #1, also achieving a platinum BPI award. It is also the second Hits Album to be released on compact disc, with 17 tracks from the standard 32 track LP/MC. A music video compilation was also released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video.[1]

The Hits Album 6
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released13 July 1987
LabelCBS, BMG and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 5
(1986)		 The Hits Album 6
(1987)		 Hits 7
(1987)

Noted for its extremely strong track selection, The Hits Album 6 includes six songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", "Respectable", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "La Isla Bonita" and "Star Trekkin'".

LP/MC track listing

Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)

  1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (#1)
  2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (#1)
  3. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  4. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
  5. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  6. Donna Allen - "Serious"
  7. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
  8. Mel and Kim - "Respectable" (#1)

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)

  1. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (#1)
  2. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  3. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
  4. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
  5. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
  6. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
  7. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  8. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)

  1. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita" (7" Remix) (#1)
  2. Bruce Willis - "Under the Boardwalk"
  3. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
  4. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
  5. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
  6. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Game"
  7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
  8. Marillion - "Incommunicado"

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)

  1. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
  2. Elkie Brooks - "No More the Fool"
  3. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
  4. Judy Boucher - "Can't Be With You Tonight"
  5. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  6. Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"
  7. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
  8. The Firm - "Star Trekkin'" (#1)

CD track listing
  1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
  3. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  4. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
  5. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  6. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
  7. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
  8. Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
  9. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
  10. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  11. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
  12. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
  13. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
  14. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
  15. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  16. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
  17. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"

Video selection
  1. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  2. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  3. Donna Allen - "Serious"
  4. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  5. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  6. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
  7. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
  8. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
  9. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
  10. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
  11. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
  12. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  13. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
  14. Echo & the Bunnymen - "Lips Like Sugar" (Never released on a Hits album)

References
  • Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.
  1. Video Collector
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